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Final Destination 3
File:Finaldestination3 bigreleaseposter.jpg
Final Destination 3 film poster
Directed byJames Wong
Written byGlen Morgan
James Wong
Characters:
Jeffrey Reddick
Produced byCraig Perry
Glen Morgan
James Wong
Warren Zide
StarringMary Elizabeth Winstead
Ryan Merriman
Kris Lemche
Alexz Johnson
Sam Easton
Chelan Simmons
Crystal Lowe
Amanda Crew
CinematographyRobert McLachlan
Edited byChris G. Willingham
Music byShirley Walker
Production
companies
Zide/Perry Productions
Hard Eight Pictures
Matinee Pictures
Practical Pictures
Road Rebel
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release date
February 10, 2006 (2006-02-10)
Running time
93 minutes
CountriesCanada
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$34 million
Box office$113,270,608[1]

Final Destination 3 is a 2006 horror film, and the third film in the Final Destination series distributed by New Line Cinema. The film was directed and written by James Wong, who co-wrote and directed the original, and was produced by Craig Perry. The film was originally scheduled for release on February 24, 2006, however, the date was moved to two weeks earlier, February 10.

Final Destination 3 was rated R by the MPAA for strong horror violence/gore, language and some nudity. It received a 15 certificate in the United Kingdom. In Germany, it received an 18 certificate, in contrast to the 16 received by the first two installments, due to the increased relative intensity of violence and gore.

Plot

Six years after the crash of Flight 180 and five years after the pile-up on Route 23, Wendy Christensen (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a soon-to-be graduate and the school photographer at McKinley High School, visits an amusement park with her friend Carrie Dreyer (Gina Holden), Carrie's boyfriend Kevin Fischer (Ryan Merriman), and her boyfriend, Jason Wise (Jesse Moss). As they board the Devil's Flight roller coaster, Wendy has a premonition that it will crash, killing everyone. Wendy panics and leaves the roller coaster along with Kevin, and the other students of McKinley High School, Ashley Freund (Chelan Simmons), Ashlyn Halperin (Crystal Lowe), Lewis Romero (Texas Battle), Ian McKinley (Kris Lemche), and Erin Ulmer (Alexz Johnson), and Frankie Cheeks (Sam Easton). Wendy tries to save Jason and Carrie, but the conductor lets the ride go and the roller coaster crashed, killing Carrie, Jason and other people.

Days after the roller coaster crash, Kevin tells Wendy that the people who left the roller coaster will start dying one by one in the same order they would have died if they stayed in the roller coaster. Wendy did not believe him.

Ashley and her friend, Ashlyn are the first people to be killed since they were meant to be the first people to die in the roller coaster. Ashley and Ashlyn are burned alive in their sunbeds. Wendy realizes the photos she took at the amusement park are clues of the survivors' death. Next to die is Frankie, a is sitting in the car in front of Wendy and Kevin's. Lewis' head is crushed by two weights. They then try to save Ian and Erin. Ian skips Death, but Erin is shot in the head and arm with a nail gun. While trying to find out who is next on Death's list, Wendy looks at the pictures and realizes that her sister Julie (Amanda Crew) and her best friend Perry Malinowski (Maggie Ma), were also on the roller coaster and goes to look for them at a county fair. She locates Kevin, Julie, and Perry Malinowski. Julie is nearly killed by getting strangled by a piece of rope that is on a horse. Kevin saves her and Perry is stabbed by a flying pole. Wendy saves Kevin from a gas explosion. Ian blames Wendy of Erin's death and is crushed by a falling sign.

Five months later, Wendy is on a subway train with her other friend and roommate. She also meets Julie and Kevin on the same train. Wendy suddenly has a premonition that the train will crash, killing everyone in it. The film ends on a cliffhanger with the three trying to stop the train, the screen going to black with the sounds of the train crashing, apparently leaving no survivors of the crash on devils flight.

Cast

"Choose Their Fate" Edition

On the "Thrill-Ride" edition of the Final Destination 3 DVD, among the extra features, there is a "Choose Their Fate" feature which allowed the viewers to choose to play the movie either in its original theatrical version or to play the version which changes the outcome of the characters in the movie (the characters' deaths are in the same order, only their deaths are different).

Reception

Final Destination 3 has received generally mixed reviews from critics: on Rotten Tomatoes, the film currently holds a 44% approval rating, based on 112 reviews (49 positive, 63 negative).[2] The original two films received similar scores. Besides deriding the film for the high level of violence and the reference to the attacks on the World Trade Center in September 2001, a common complaint directed at the film was that it failed to offer anything new. The BBC awarded a rare 1 star out of 5, after awarding the first installment four stars and the second three. However, they praised Winstead's performance, stating: "...the real tragedy is that promising young actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead must endure this torture."[3]

References

  1. ^ Final Destination 3 Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ Final Destination 3 Rotten Tomatoes
  3. ^ BBC Review

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